Scrolling using mouse scroll wheel in PowerToys app does not function without "Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them"

[littlebabyman]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.64.1

Running as admin

• [X] Yes

Area(s) with issue?

PowerRename, Settings, Welcome / PowerToys Tour window

Steps to reproduce

Go to "Mouse settings" in Windows, disable "Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them", open Settings, PowerRename, or Welcome Tour app (possibly others, but FancyZones Layout Editor is not affected), make certain it is in focus, and attempt using the scroll wheel over any scrollable zone.

Neither X-Button Mouse Control or MouseImp are installed, unlike in issues #20634, #19886, and #13790.

✔️ Expected Behavior

The scrollable zone scrolls, like in any other window with a scroll bar in Windows.

❌ Actual Behavior

Simply does not scroll.

Other Software

None, as far as I am aware of.

[jaimecbernardo]

Thanks for the report @littlebabyman . This is new information for us. This looks like an issue with the Windows App SDK: https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/issues/8764 , since it replicates in the WinUI 3 Gallery from the Microsoft Store as well.

[kintrupf]

I have the same issue and found that you can scroll the contents of a Powertoys window if you hold down the Shift key while scrolling with the mouse wheel. Why is that? Any other window can be scrolled without pressing the Shift key.

[normanre]

Hi im also experiencing this problems with a clean install of Windows 11. So I don't have much installed. Im guessing the problem stems from the Synaptics drivers. My laptop is a HP Spectre x360 - 15-ch005ng (2018) and @littlebabyman do you also have a laptop with Synaptics drivers. Also this issue https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/issues/2172 seems to hit the nail on the head.

[crackwitz]

I have this on my system(s) too. One is a desktop. No synaptics devices that I can remember, but a 3DConnexion Space Navigator that shouldn't behave like a pointing device though. switching the "inactive windows" on/off has no effect. Holding Shift does make it work.